Chapter Share workshop 2/27/16
Bridget James, Anna Freeman, and Elizabeth Cadigan
August 29, 2015 Kerri Lynn Nichols Common Chords: Schulwerk and Learning
Teachers around the country are feeling the pressure and demands presented by the Common Core. How do we get back to doing what is best for kids? How do we put joy back into teaching? In this workshop delve into critical thinking through singing, moving and playing. Using a collaborative teaching model, explore games and other simple structures as tools to awaken creativity and support whole brain learning. Dress for movement, bring a friend and prepare yourself for fun!
Kerri Lynn Nichols has been a musical performer and director for 30 years. She studied vocal music at Washington State University and earned her Master level Orff-Schulwerk certification from the University of Memphis, attending the international course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria in 2005. She is a composer and choral director and has taught all ages, presenting workshops for state, national and international conferences, including two residencies in China. Currently, she teaches kindergarten at Olympic View Elementary in Lacey and is the founding director of The Olympia Peace Choir. She has a wonderful husband, two growing boys and two crazy rescue dogs. She loves to go for walks, eat vegan food and make crafts. Kerri Lynn's passion is to encourage others to become aware of their abilities and gifts through the magic of music.
September 12, 2015 Roger Sams Playing with Possibilities: The Power of Choice in the Music Classroom
At any given moment in the Orff Schulwerk classroom there are multiple directions that good teaching process can take you. With any piece of literature there are any number of concepts and skills that you can teach or practice. With any concept or skill there are any number of pathways to support student learning. How do you manage all of these possibilities? In the active workshop we not only experience lessons that guarantee success on the daily level, but we elevate our vantage point and look at some of the big ideas. What do you value most in your classroom? Are you using your teaching time in a way that truly reflects your values? Are your choices in learning activities and concepts covered reflective of what you say you value most? We may not come up with answers to all the big questions, but we will spend a day courageously swimming in the possibilities and gaining clarity and direction for the future. Bring your soprano recorder.
Roger Sams retired from the music classroom in 2013 after 31 years of teaching music in public and private schools. He has served as adjunct faculty, teaching methods courses and supervising student teachers at Cleveland State University and has been on the faculty in teacher education programs at the University of St. Thomas, Cleveland State University, Akron University, the University of Montana, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and other venues throughout the US. Roger is a regular presenter at state, regional, and national conferences, has served on the AOSA National Board of Trustees, and has worked with teachers in Canada, China, Indonesia and India. He currently serves as Director of Publications and Music Education Consultant at Music is Elementary (www.MusicIsElementary.com). Trained in Gestalt therapy, Roger is interested in the power of choice in the artistic process, teaching, and life. He is the co-author of “Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom” with Beth Ann Hepburn. He has published works for children’s choirs in the “Crooked River Choral Project” series and a collection of rounds and partner songs entitled, “A Round My Heart.”
January 30, 2016 Jo Ella Hug Imitation to Improvisation: It's all in the Process
When students are engaged with hands-on learning that is developmentally appropriate and carefully guided, sophisticated musical results can be achieved starting with the simplest of materials. Clear teaching process in combination with elemental music-making allows the learner to engage from introduction to culmination. Workshop will focus on original source materials (Keetman & Orff), folk songs and other musical resources. Please note: The activities in this workshop will focus on lessons for grades 4 - 7 and include singing, moving, barred instruments, untuned percussion and recorder. Participants should bring all available voices of recorders.
Jo Ella Hug is a retired teacher from Missoula, Montana. In 38 years of public school teaching, she has taught all ages of students from Kindergarten through adults, but her most recent and long-lasting specialty was teaching emerging adolescent learners in middle school. In the summer, she has taught Orff Schulwerk courses at various Universities including the University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Jo Ella has been included 4 times in the annual publication of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. She has presented numerous workshops around the USA and Canada as well as many AOSA National Conference Sessions. Jo Ella has been a headliner at the National Conference of Carl Orff Canada in 2000 and 2010; has presented for NAfME All-Northwest and the NAfME 2008 National Conference in Milwaukee. She is a Past President of AOSA.
February 27, 2016 Chapter Share
9:00-1:00 Bridget James, Anna Freeman, and Elizabeth Cadigan
1:00-1:30 lunch
1:30-3:00 OrffBay and "What is Orff?" discussion group
Bridget James has been in education for 20 years. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from North Dakota State University, a Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Phoenix-San Diego Campus, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno.
James has taught general music, band, and strings classes in Nevada and California. She also serves on the National Association for Music Education Council for General Music Education as the Chair-Elect and takes her position as Chair on July 1 of this year. She has lobbied on Capitol Hill for the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act. James also served on a panel to review and provide feedback/recommendations on the new National Core Arts Standards. James currently serves as a Multi-Tiered System of Supports/Social and Emotional Learning Specialist for the Washoe County School District.
When she is not writing her dissertation or working on MTSS-SEL business, James enjoys reading, RVing, and most of all spending time with her husband and two children.
Anna Freeman teaches Elementary General Music at Dodson Elementary in Reno, NV. She has a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Nevada, Reno and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University. Mrs. Freeman has completed Orff Schulwerk levels 1 and 2 at The San Francisco International Orff Course. She is a member of AOSA, ACDA, NAfME, and SAI.
Elizabeth (Liz) Cadigan is currently in her 6th year of teaching general music at Nancy Gomes Elementary, a K-4 public school in Cold Springs, Nevada. Liz's favorite lessons are those that help her students establish connections between the music they make within the classroom and the music they love at home. When Liz is not teaching, she enjoys running, playing ukulele, making people laugh and helping her cat become an internet celebrity.
Teachers around the country are feeling the pressure and demands presented by the Common Core. How do we get back to doing what is best for kids? How do we put joy back into teaching? In this workshop delve into critical thinking through singing, moving and playing. Using a collaborative teaching model, explore games and other simple structures as tools to awaken creativity and support whole brain learning. Dress for movement, bring a friend and prepare yourself for fun!
Kerri Lynn Nichols has been a musical performer and director for 30 years. She studied vocal music at Washington State University and earned her Master level Orff-Schulwerk certification from the University of Memphis, attending the international course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria in 2005. She is a composer and choral director and has taught all ages, presenting workshops for state, national and international conferences, including two residencies in China. Currently, she teaches kindergarten at Olympic View Elementary in Lacey and is the founding director of The Olympia Peace Choir. She has a wonderful husband, two growing boys and two crazy rescue dogs. She loves to go for walks, eat vegan food and make crafts. Kerri Lynn's passion is to encourage others to become aware of their abilities and gifts through the magic of music.
September 12, 2015 Roger Sams Playing with Possibilities: The Power of Choice in the Music Classroom
At any given moment in the Orff Schulwerk classroom there are multiple directions that good teaching process can take you. With any piece of literature there are any number of concepts and skills that you can teach or practice. With any concept or skill there are any number of pathways to support student learning. How do you manage all of these possibilities? In the active workshop we not only experience lessons that guarantee success on the daily level, but we elevate our vantage point and look at some of the big ideas. What do you value most in your classroom? Are you using your teaching time in a way that truly reflects your values? Are your choices in learning activities and concepts covered reflective of what you say you value most? We may not come up with answers to all the big questions, but we will spend a day courageously swimming in the possibilities and gaining clarity and direction for the future. Bring your soprano recorder.
Roger Sams retired from the music classroom in 2013 after 31 years of teaching music in public and private schools. He has served as adjunct faculty, teaching methods courses and supervising student teachers at Cleveland State University and has been on the faculty in teacher education programs at the University of St. Thomas, Cleveland State University, Akron University, the University of Montana, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and other venues throughout the US. Roger is a regular presenter at state, regional, and national conferences, has served on the AOSA National Board of Trustees, and has worked with teachers in Canada, China, Indonesia and India. He currently serves as Director of Publications and Music Education Consultant at Music is Elementary (www.MusicIsElementary.com). Trained in Gestalt therapy, Roger is interested in the power of choice in the artistic process, teaching, and life. He is the co-author of “Purposeful Pathways: Possibilities for the Elementary Music Classroom” with Beth Ann Hepburn. He has published works for children’s choirs in the “Crooked River Choral Project” series and a collection of rounds and partner songs entitled, “A Round My Heart.”
January 30, 2016 Jo Ella Hug Imitation to Improvisation: It's all in the Process
When students are engaged with hands-on learning that is developmentally appropriate and carefully guided, sophisticated musical results can be achieved starting with the simplest of materials. Clear teaching process in combination with elemental music-making allows the learner to engage from introduction to culmination. Workshop will focus on original source materials (Keetman & Orff), folk songs and other musical resources. Please note: The activities in this workshop will focus on lessons for grades 4 - 7 and include singing, moving, barred instruments, untuned percussion and recorder. Participants should bring all available voices of recorders.
Jo Ella Hug is a retired teacher from Missoula, Montana. In 38 years of public school teaching, she has taught all ages of students from Kindergarten through adults, but her most recent and long-lasting specialty was teaching emerging adolescent learners in middle school. In the summer, she has taught Orff Schulwerk courses at various Universities including the University of St Thomas in St. Paul, MN. Jo Ella has been included 4 times in the annual publication of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. She has presented numerous workshops around the USA and Canada as well as many AOSA National Conference Sessions. Jo Ella has been a headliner at the National Conference of Carl Orff Canada in 2000 and 2010; has presented for NAfME All-Northwest and the NAfME 2008 National Conference in Milwaukee. She is a Past President of AOSA.
February 27, 2016 Chapter Share
9:00-1:00 Bridget James, Anna Freeman, and Elizabeth Cadigan
1:00-1:30 lunch
1:30-3:00 OrffBay and "What is Orff?" discussion group
Bridget James has been in education for 20 years. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from North Dakota State University, a Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Phoenix-San Diego Campus, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Educational Leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno.
James has taught general music, band, and strings classes in Nevada and California. She also serves on the National Association for Music Education Council for General Music Education as the Chair-Elect and takes her position as Chair on July 1 of this year. She has lobbied on Capitol Hill for the new Elementary and Secondary Education Act. James also served on a panel to review and provide feedback/recommendations on the new National Core Arts Standards. James currently serves as a Multi-Tiered System of Supports/Social and Emotional Learning Specialist for the Washoe County School District.
When she is not writing her dissertation or working on MTSS-SEL business, James enjoys reading, RVing, and most of all spending time with her husband and two children.
Anna Freeman teaches Elementary General Music at Dodson Elementary in Reno, NV. She has a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Nevada, Reno and a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Lesley University. Mrs. Freeman has completed Orff Schulwerk levels 1 and 2 at The San Francisco International Orff Course. She is a member of AOSA, ACDA, NAfME, and SAI.
Elizabeth (Liz) Cadigan is currently in her 6th year of teaching general music at Nancy Gomes Elementary, a K-4 public school in Cold Springs, Nevada. Liz's favorite lessons are those that help her students establish connections between the music they make within the classroom and the music they love at home. When Liz is not teaching, she enjoys running, playing ukulele, making people laugh and helping her cat become an internet celebrity.